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Employer Partnerships Lead
Lift Kingswood, Hull, HU7 4WR7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
13 November 2026 at 12:40pm
Date listed
6 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full time equivalent salary
- £40000 - £45000 per annum
Employer Partnerships Lead job summary
Ready to bring your expertise to a dynamic national network?
We are looking for an immediate starter to join us on a fixed-term basis through 31 August 2027 (with potential to extend into 2028). Working 22.5 hours per week (preferably Tuesday through Thursday, with built-in flexibility), you'll enjoy a home-based setup with all travel expenses covered when visiting our schools and London office.
Your new organisation
Lift Schools are one of the largest multi-academy trusts in the country made up of 62 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 35,000 pupils. Our incredible Chief Executive, Rebecca (Becks) Boomer-Clark, joined in 2021 and has a clear objective, an excellent education for every child, in every classroom, every day regardless of background, geography or ability. We are thrilled to have secured funding from the DHL UK Foundation and to be working in partnership with them on their GoTeach initiative, which supports young people from underserved communities across the UK access decent employment and thrive in their careers. After a very successful first year of the programme, we are entering year 2 of a planned 3 year project. Impact and funding is reviewed by DHL UK Foundation at the end of each academic year. This role is advertised to the end of year 2 initially (31 Aug 2027) however, we expect to extend the role into year 3 of the project. We are now looking for a part-time Employee Partnership Lead to play an integral part in leading this exciting partnership as a maternity cover.
Your new role
The Employer Partnership Lead is the critical link between our schools and the DHL UK Foundation. Encompassing resource development, event planning and partnership working, this is a great opportunity to make a difference to young people's futures. This role will report into Ryan Gibson who joined the Trust in 2019 as National System Leader. He's an accomplished leader in the sector who was recently seconded as Senior Adviser for Careers at the Gatsby Foundation, where he led the national review of the Gatsby Benchmarks and the Foundation's work on the 'Next Ten Years of Good Career Guidance. Ryan will support you in managing Lift Schools' operational relationship with the DHL UK Foundation. You will be responsible for developing resources and workshops and for briefing employers to deliver crucial employability skills to hundreds of students in KS3, KS4 and KS5. Supported by you, DHL employees will lead classroom-based activities at selected schools and you will work with the DHL UK Foundation to plan a wide range of activities, including site visits and virtual encounters to help young people better understand and experience the world of work. You will be responsible for managing all aspects of this project, from design and implementation through to successful delivery, impact evaluation and reporting. As well as engaging schools across our network, this project will require integrated work across our central team and you will set out, and enact, a clear project management strategy to achieve this.
What you'll need to succeed
You will understand the flexibility this role requires, during delivery periods you will be on-site in our schools and at home the remainder and school holidays (it's worth noting we will pay for your travel). You will have relevant experience of working with young people either in an educational environment or a workplace situation alongside a proven track record of building relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
Due to a maternity leave we are recruiting for an exciting part-time opportunity to lead on an innovative project between one of the largest MATs in the country and DHL UK Foundation.
Please note, due to this being a maternity leave we will be reviewing applications as we receive them so we encourage you to apply ASAP.
If you would like a confidential discussion or have any questions ahead of applying we'd love to hear from you. Please contact the recruitment manager, Jessica Billows.
Who is Lift Schools?
Lift Schools is made up of 62 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 35,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives - and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.
How we will support you
We want you to feel supported, valued and able to grow throughout your career with Lift Schools. From high-quality professional development and career progression to wellbeing support and opportunities to connect and collaborate across our network, we invest in you so you can do your best work.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Lift Kingswood
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1592 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Lift Kingswood website
Lift Kingswood is one of the highest performing schools in the country and is a school where on average our students make over a grade more progress, across all subjects, than other students do nationally; placing the school as the 7th highest performing non-selective school in the country out of 6520 schools.
Our Vision is: 'to deliver world class learning, which places no limits on what young people can achieve' and we are rapidly becoming 'a national beacon of educational excellence in Hull'.
As a national beacon of educational excellence we will ensure that:
All students leave our school with first-rate qualifications: Qualifications that ensure all doors remain open, giving our students the platform to compete and thrive on a global stage.
All students develop exceptional character: Character that exemplifies a true growth mind-set; a phenomenal work ethic; confidence and high levels of grit, resilience and determination; ensuring they are fully prepared to flourish in an ever-changing world.
All students leave our school with high levels of cultural and global awareness: Awareness that develops through diverse experiences that enrich our students, enabling them to engage in, empathise with, challenge and debate current affairs beyond their local community.
All students leave with an array of positive memories that last for a lifetime: Memories that are created from students, staff and our community being fully invested in forging exceptional relationships based on trust, care, high expectations and a passion for genuinely making a difference in their life.
MISSION
Ultimately our Mission is to ensure that: ‘all students have an inner-belief and ambition to fulfil their dreams and live a happy and successful life.’ We are passionate about our students ‘recognising their academic worth’ and making sure that they are ‘prepared to make bold choices in order to secure places, and thrive, at the most reputable and highest performing colleges, universities and world-class employers.’
Key Drivers
Underpinning our vision for educational excellence are our 6 key drivers:
The Highest Expectations - Everyone can be successful; always set and expect the highest standards.
Everyone is Valued - Diversity is celebrated; no one is left behind
No Excuses - Print Solutions not excuses; a accelerate progress
Never Give Up - Resilience is essential; turn challenges into opportunities
Value Feedback - Good quality feedback drives improvement
Outstanding Learning - Outstanding learning in every lesson, every day
These aspirational and inspirational core principles are central to everything that we do and were jointly created by students and staff to drive the school forward. At Lift Kingswood, we live and breathe these key drivers with an unwavering passion and determination to ensure that our students receive the best education; we will not settle for anything but the best, and will not rest until the school is truly great in all areas.
World-Class Teaching and Learning
We are truly passionate about Teaching and Learning and this is central to everything that we do. We firmly believe that when every teacher:
Is passionate about changing life chances of young people
Is passionate about Teaching and Learning
Truly loves their subject
Makes learning interesting, fun and relevant
Knows the detail and nuances of the exam specifications
Forges excellent relationships with all students
Is strict but fair
Is proven and knows how to deliver top notch results
Is passionate about delivering outstanding learning (every lesson, every day)
Has a true growth mind-set;
Together great things can be achieved.
House System
We are also very proud of our competition-based house system. The aim of the house system is to build teamwork, confidence and community through competition. We see the house system as an ‘activator’, a vehicle to motivate and encourage students to push themselves outside of their comfort zone. There are four houses:
Reckitt
Wilberforce
Johnson
Sullivan
Every student, and every member of staff, is affiliated to one of the houses and they compete to earn points for their house. Students can earn points for good attendance and for making rapid academic progress. They can also earn points by entering house competitions such as: photography, dance, cookery, poetry, chess, talent shows and sports day to name but a few. You name it, we’ve got a competition to enable everyone to get involved. We want every student to gain the confidence and belief to compete and experience what it feels like to be part of a successful team. The house system also exposes our students to team camaraderie, team spirit and having a united mission/goal.
Academic Results
Our Progress 8 score is +1.17; meaning that in every subject, our students make over a grade more progress than other students do nationally. Our Attainment 8 score is 56.8, against the National Average of 44.3. This means that students on average achieve between a Grade 5 (good pass) and a Grade 6 in all subjects. 78% of our students also achieved a Grade 4 or higher in both English and Maths, which is well above the National Average of 63%. Our disadvantaged students' Progress 8 score is +1.15 and our SEN Progress 8 score is +1.29, highlighting that all students achieve well at Kingswood Academy; in line with our key driver of ‘Everyone is valued’. As a school, we have the highest expectations of our students, which led to 22% of students achieving Grade 9s in GCSE subjects, placing these students’ performance in the top 5% of the country.
Visits
We welcome visits to the school, to see the school in action and to discuss this post and your career development opportunities. To book an appointment with the Headteacher please email Cathrine Weightman (PA to the Headteacher) on cweightman@liftkingswood.org
OFSTED
To view all our Ofsted reports please click here
Who is Lift Schools?
Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.
Our mission:
We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.
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